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Carry on Sergeant: Directed by Gerald Thomas. With William Hartnell, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Dora Bryan. Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen.
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- Comedy, War
- Gerald Thomas
- 1958-09-19
Oct 11, 2018 · Grimshaw will soon be retiring from the army and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien (Terry Scott) that his last bunch of squaddies will be his first champion platoon. With beady-eyed inspection from Captain Potts (Eric Barker) and disgruntled support from Corporal Copping (Bill Owen), Grimshaw decides to use some psychology and treat his ...
- 80 min
Sergeant Grimshaw is close to retirement. His last group of National Service recruits are about to join. They include newlywed Charlie Sage, separated from his bride by being called up on his wedding day. Grimshaw has bet his fellow officers that he can get his men through training with the highest honours and win the Star Squad prize.
The new recruits are assigned to Sergeant Grimshaw (William Hartnell). Grimshaw will soon be retiring from the army and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien ( Terry Scott ) that his last bunch of squaddies will be his first champion platoon .
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The new recruits are assigned to Sergeant Grimshawe (William Hartnell). Grimshawe is retiring from the army in the next 10 weeks and takes on a £50 bet with Sergeant O'Brien (Terry Scott) that his last bunch of squad enlists will be his first Champion Platoon. (Terry Scott was paid £50 for his part in the film).
They are assigned to the calm Sergeant Grimshawe (Hartnell), who is secretly in competition with rival Sergeant Paddy O'Brien (Terry Scott) over winning an award for the best platoon. He doesn't think that the ignorant men should be verbally abused when they do wrong - unlike the smug and devious commanders Captain Potts (Barker) and Corporal ...
Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), also known as Grimmy, is an English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He is also known as a television presenter for his Channel 4 roles in T4 and The Album Chart Show.
